[3] Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven. [4]
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
[6]
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for
they shall be satisfied.

[11]
Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter
all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
[12] Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets
who were before you.

[20] And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said:
Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

[21] Blessed
are you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are
you that weep now, for you shall laugh. [22]Blessed
are you when men hate you, and when they exclude
you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the
Son of man! [23]
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great
in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

[43] You have heard that it was said, `You shall love
your neighbor and hate your enemy.' [44]
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute
you,

[45] so that you may
be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise
on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
[46]
For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not
even the tax collectors do the same? [47]
And if you salute only your brethren, what more are you doing than
others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

[48] You, therefore,
must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

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[27] But I say to you
that hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, [28]
bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.

[32]If you love those who love you, what credit is
that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. [33]
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is
that to you? For even sinners do the same. [34]
And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit
is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
[35]
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing
in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of
the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. [36]Be
merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

[17] Beware
of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in
their synagogues, [18]
and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear
testimony before them and the Gentiles. [19]
When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak
or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you
in that hour; [20]
for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through
you. [21]
Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child,
and children will rise against parents and have them put to death;
[22]
and you will be hated by all for my name's
sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. [23]
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly,
I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel,
before the Son of man comes. [24]
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above
his master;
[25] it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher,
and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the
house Be-el'zebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.

[37] He who loves father
or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or
daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
[38] and he who does not
take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

[25] Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he turned
and said to them, [26] If
any one comes to me and does not hate his own
father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and
even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. [27]
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my
disciple. [28]
For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down
and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? [29]
Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish,
all who see it begin to mock him, [30]
saying, `This man began to build, and was not able to finish.' [31]
Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit
down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to
meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? [32]
And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy
and asks terms of peace. [33]
So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot
be my disciple.

[9] Then they will deliver you
up to tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

[10] And then many will
fall away, and betray one another, and hate
one another. [11] And many false prophets will arise and lead many
astray. [12] And because wickedness is multiplied, most men's
love will grow cold. [13] But he who endures to the end will be saved.
[14] And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached
throughout the whole world, as a testimony to all nations; and then
the end will come.

[9] But take
heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils; and you
will be beaten in synagogues; and you will stand before governors and
kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them. [10]
And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. [11]
And when they bring you to trial and deliver you up, do not be anxious
beforehand what you are to say; but say whatever is given you in that
hour, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. [12]
And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child,
and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; [13]
and you will be hated by all for my name's
sake.

[12] But before
all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering
you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before
kings and governors for my name's sake. [13] This will be a time for you to bear
testimony. [14]
Settle it therefore in your minds, not to meditate beforehand how to
answer; [15]
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries
will be able to withstand or contradict. [16]
You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and
friends, and some of you they will put to death; [17]
you will be hated by all for my name's sake.
[18]
But not a hair of your head will perish.

[14] For it will be as when
a man going on a journey called his servants and entrusted to them his
property; [15]
to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according
to his ability. Then he went away. [16]
He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them;
and he made five talents more. [17]
So also, he who had the two talents made two talents more. [18]
But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid
his master's money.

[19] Now after a long time
the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

[20] And he who had received
the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, `Master,
you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.'
[21]
His master said to him, `Well done, good and faithful servant; you have
been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the
joy of your master.' [22]
And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, `Master, you
delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.' [23]
His master said to him, `Well done, good and faithful servant; you have
been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the
joy of your master.' [24]
He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, `Master,
I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering
where you did not winnow; [25]
so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you
have what is yours.' [26]
But his master answered him, `You wicked and slothful servant! You knew
that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not winnowed?
[27] Then you ought to have
invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received
what was my own with interest. [28]
So take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

[29] For to every one who
has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has
not, even what he has will be taken away. [30]
And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness; there men will
weep and gnash their teeth.'

[11] As they heard these things, he proceeded to
tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they supposed
that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately.
[12] He said therefore, A
nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom and then return.
[13]
Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them,
`Trade with these till I come.'

[14] But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying,
`We do not want this man to reign over us.' [15]When he returned, having
received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given
the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained
by trading. [16]The first came before him, saying, `Lord,
your pound has made ten pounds more.'

[17]And
he said to him, `Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful
in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.' [18] And the second came, saying, `Lord, your pound has
made five pounds.'

[19]And
he said to him, `And you are to be over five cities.'

[20]Then
another came, saying, `Lord, here is your pound, which I kept laid away
in a napkin;

[21]for
I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man; you take up what you
did not lay down, and reap what you did not sow.'[22]He said to him, `I will condemn you out of your own
mouth, you wicked servant! You knew that I was a severe man, taking
up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? [23]Why then did you not put my money into
the bank, and at my coming I should have collected it with interest?'
[24]And
he said to those who stood by, `Take the pound from him, and give it
to him who has the ten pounds.' [25](And they said to him, `Lord, he has ten
pounds!') [26]`I tell you, that to every one who has
will more be given; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken
away.
[27] But
as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them,
bring them here and slay them before me.

[18] He who believes in him
is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because
he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. [19]
And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men
loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. [20] For every one who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light,
lest his deeds should be exposed. [21] But he who does what is true comes to the
light, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in
God.

[1] After this
Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about in Judea, because the
Jews sought to kill him.
[2] Now the Jews' feast of Tabernacles was at hand.
[3] So his brothers said to him, "Leave here and go to Judea,
that your disciples may see the works you are doing.
[4] For no man works in secret if he seeks to be known openly.
If you do these things, show yourself to the world."
[5] For even his brothers did not believe in him.
[6] Jesus said to them, My
time has not yet come, but your time is always here. [7]
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify of it that its works are
evil. [8]
Go to the feast yourselves; I am not going up to this feast, for my time
has not yet fully come." [9]
So saying, he remained in Galilee.

[20] Now among
those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.
[21] So these came to Philip, who was from Beth-sa'ida in Galilee,
and said to him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."
[22] Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with Philip and they
told Jesus.
[23] And Jesus answered them, The
hour has come for the Son of man to be glorified. [24]
Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth
and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. [25]
He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates
his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. [26]
If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my
servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.

[17] This
I command you, to love one another. [18] If
the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated
you. [19]
If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you
are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world
hates you. [20] Remember
the word that I said to you, `A servant is not greater than his master.'
If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they
will keep yours also. [21]
But all this they will do to you on my account, because they do not know
him who sent me. [22]
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they
have no excuse for their sin. [23]
He who hates me hates
my Father also. [24]
If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would
not have sin; but now they have seen and hated
both me and my Father. [25]
It is to fulfil the word that is written in their law, `They hated me without a cause.' [26]
But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father,
even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness
to me; [27]
and you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning.

[11] And now I am no more in the world, but they are
in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name,
which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. [12]
While I was with them, I kept them in thy name, which thou hast given me;
I have guarded them, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition,
that the scripture might be fulfilled. [13]
But now I am coming to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that
they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. [14]
I have given them thy word; and the world has hated
them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
[15]
I do not pray that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou
shouldst keep them from the evil one. [16]
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. [17]
Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth. [18]
As thou didst send me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
[19]
And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated
in truth.